FINCHEM ON THE KEY POINTS: “I think the
three takeaways from these agreements really are, first and
foremost, the term itself and what that means; secondly, that they
provide for growth and stability of our sport … and
third, they provide for a framework of innovation, when we talk
about a lot of the digital rights and how they'll be
employed.”

FINCHEM ON CHARITY IMPACT: “While the vast
majority of our charity dollars are raised at a tournament level,
the stability that will be developed by these agreements that we're
announcing today and the overall impact on our ability to take
steps that support our charitable mission will be a very positive
factor for that activity, and I think at this point we then can say
without question that barring some significant economic downturn
that we will reach the $2 billion mark of charitable giving in
2014. I think I can say with some confidence that we could reach
the $3 billion level before the end of these
agreements.”

FINCHEM ON IMPACT OF YOUNG PLAYERS: “The
fans clearly have taken increasingly to the nature of our
competition over the last couple years and in doing so have
re-instilled confidence in our sport that might have been waning
when our No. 1 player was not that active two of the last four
years. But there is such tremendous buzz and focus on this
juxtaposition of Tiger and Phil and other mature players and
veteran players against this huge increase in young players who are
coming forward and able to win tournaments at every level. We hear
increasingly more and more from our fans about Dustin and Rickie
and Keegan and Webb and Bubba and Graeme and Rory and on and on it
seems, that has helped our ratings, stabilized our ratings, grown
our ratings, has helped result in sponsor renewals, et cetera, and
I think that is a major factor of why we are now at a point where
we can look forward to 10 years in growth.”

McMANUS ON CBS’ PERSPECTIVE: “I am
really, really happy with this deal. The process was open. It was
honest. And to be able to continue with the TOUR for the next 10
years is a proud moment for CBS Sports.”

LAZARUS ON NBC’S PERSPECTIVE: “The NBC
Sports Group is obviously very bullish on the sport of golf and the
PGA TOUR with this extension for the NBC Television Network on
behalf of our affiliate stations and their constituents and with
the work we do and the long‑term arrangement we have with
Golf Channel, PGA TOUR and the game of golf are very important to
our company and to our overall business model. “